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chore(dependabot): raise semver-patch cooldown to 5 days

Patch is the only update class that auto-merges with no human
involved, yet carried the shortest cooldown (1 day, a third of
GitHub's 3-day default). Soak time should scale with how little
scrutiny a bump receives, not with how breaking semver claims it is.

Costs nothing in security terms: cooldown never applies to Dependabot
security updates, which still fire immediately.

Propagated from simplify9/.github (dependabot-templates).

Patch is the only update class that auto-merges with no human
involved, yet carried the shortest cooldown (1 day, a third of
GitHub's 3-day default). Soak time should scale with how little
scrutiny a bump receives, not with how breaking semver claims it is.
Costs nothing in security terms: cooldown never applies to Dependabot
security updates, which still fire immediately.
Propagated from simplify9/.github (dependabot-templates).
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Summary

  • Increased Dependabot semver-patch cooldown from 1 day to 5 days for NuGet, Docker, and GitHub Actions updates.
  • Dependabot security updates remain immediate.

Risk

  • risk:low
  • Patch updates receive a longer soak period before automatic merge.

Security-sensitive areas

  • Dependabot configuration changed.
  • Security update timing is unchanged.

Test coverage impact

  • No code or test changes.
  • Validate the Dependabot configuration after deployment.

Operational concerns

  • Non-security patch updates may be delayed by up to four additional days.
  • Rollback requires reverting the cooldown values in .github/dependabot.yml.

Walkthrough

The Dependabot configuration increases patch cooldowns from 1 day to 5 days for NuGet, Docker, and GitHub Actions updates.

Changes

Dependabot cooldown configuration

Layer / File(s)Summary
Patch cooldown updates
.github/dependabot.yml
NuGet, Docker, and GitHub Actions patch cooldowns now use 5 days instead of 1 day.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Suggested labels:infra, risk:high

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5
✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
Check nameStatusExplanation
Docstring Coverage✅ PassedNo functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Description check✅ PassedThe description accurately explains the five-day Dependabot patch cooldown and its security-update exception.
Linked Issues check✅ PassedThe change has a clear objective and does not require a linked issue to explain its scope.
Out of Scope Changes check✅ PassedThe changes are limited to the stated Dependabot cooldown configuration update.
Title check✅ PassedThe title clearly identifies the Dependabot patch cooldown change from one day to five days.

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@MusaMistoMusaMisto changed the title chore(dependabot): raise semver-patch cooldown to 5 dayschore(dependabot): raise semver-patch cooldown to 5 days [skip ci]Aug 11, 2026
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MusaMisto deleted the chore/raise-patch-cooldown branch August 11, 2026 13:25
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